Lakshman Chandra Seth (born 11 April 1946), commonly known as Lakshman Seth, is an

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from

Tamluk Tamluk (), is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world and the headquarter ...

, West Bengal, India. He was a West Bengal state committee member of the

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and is a former MP of

. He was expelled from the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

. In 2016, Seth joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

and merged Bharat Nirman Party of his own which was floated by him after his expulsion from the CPI(M). He was expelled from BJP in 2018 and fought

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election from

constituency from

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

ticket.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1946 births Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal India MPs 2004–2009 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 People from Tamluk India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 1998–1999 People from Purba Medinipur district West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991 West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996 {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub